Harness-saddle tree



(NoModeL) W. M. LERCH.

HARNESS SADDLE TREE. No. 375,943. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM M. LEROH, or

PATENT OFFICE.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HARNESS-SADDLE TREE.

SPECIFICATION fc'c'ming part of Letters Patent No. 375,943, datedJanuary 3, 1888.

Application filed September 10, 1887. Serial No. 2493M. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. Lance, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddle Trees, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trees for harness-saddles, thenature of which will be understood from the following descrip tion, andby reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideand partly sectional view of the saddletree. Fig. 2 is a top view ot'themetal tree. Fig. 3 is a view of the saddle with a leather jockey of thestyle known as hand-laced saddles. One-half ofthe saddle is shown insection. of the finished saddle.

The object of my invention is to provide a metal saddle-tree having ateach side or arm and integral therewith a convex face on its undersurface, thereby to give form to the thick part of the pad of thesaddle. Each arm of the tree A has a bold convex face, I), 011 its underside. This convexity extends far enough to give form and shape to thethick part of the pad without using any more felt or other padding atthe thick part than is employed at the thin part. The bold convex face bon the under side of the tree forms a concavity, g, on the upper side,and a crossbar, 71, attached only at opposite edges, 9, bridges over thesaid concavity. The crossbar has a hole, 2', for the screwj of theterret h. A crapper-loop, c, is cast with the tree, as usual. A saddlehaving a tree of this kind Fig. 4 is a crosssection is shown in Figs. 3and 4. The leather flap d is of ordinary construction, and the pad-covere is either laced or stitched thereto, as the different styles ofsaddles may require.

Aleather jockey, f, is employed in this style The terret-screw j passesthrough of saddle.

the jockey f, flap (1, and cross-bar h, and a nut, j, on the end of thesaid screw occupies the concavity below the cross-bar.

In consequence of the convex face I) of the saddle-tree the felting Z.used for stuffing harness saddles, as here shown, is of uniformthickness along the entire length of the pad. No extra felt is used, noris any required to build up the thick part of the pad. The padcover 0incloses the felt, and, as already stated, the said cover is laced orstitched to the flap d. The back-band m (which is the strap to sustainthe shafts of a vehicle) is attached to the screw j of the terret. m isshown passed through a slot, 01, in the flap d, and secured on the screwbetween the cross-bar h and nut j.

A saddle tree made as here shown insures that the thick part of the padwill keep its shape and will not flatten down.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the Unit d States- 1. The herein-described saddle-tree, havingat each side or arm, and integral therewith a bold convex face, I), onits under surface, and the perforated cross-bar h, and the crupperloopc, also formed integral with the tree, as shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth. 7

2. Theherein-described harness-saddle, having each of its two armsprovided with integral bold convex faces I) on their under surfaces, theperforated cross-bar h, and the felt Z, coir nected the entire length ofthe tree, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof faffix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

YVILLI AM M. LERCH.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. '1. Mannox, J OHN E. MORRIS.

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